Interviews

Arms Control Today regularly conducts interviews with current and former members of government and international organizations about timely arms control and nonproliferation issues. Below are the full transcripts of these interviews conducted by Arms Control Association staff. Occasionally, a detailed article with additional analysis will accompany the interview; these can be found in the Arms Control Today archives.

2011

Common Ground on the BWC: An Interview With U.S. Special Representative Laura Kennedy

Interviewed by Daniel Horner and Jonathan B. Tucker

Pursuing the Prague Agenda: An Interview With White House Coordinator Gary Samore

Interviewed by Peter Crail, Daniel Horner, and Daryl G. Kimball

The Stockpile’s Steward: An Interview With NNSA Administrator Thomas D’Agostino

Interviewed by Tom Z. Collina and Daniel Horner

2010

Taking Stock of the NPT: An Interview With U.S. Special Representative Susan Burk

Interviewed by Peter Crail, Daniel Horner, and Daryl G. Kimball

Interview with OPCW Director-General Rogelio Pfirter

Interviewed by Oliver Meier

2009

Pressing a Broad Agenda for Combating Nuclear Dangers: An Interview With Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher
Interviewed by Daniel Horner and Tom Z. Collina
Interview With British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Bill Rammell
Interviewed by Jeff Abramson and Daniel Horner
Interview with Annalisa Giannella, Personal Representative on Nonproliferation of WMD to EU High Representative Javier Solana

Interviewed by Oliver Meier

Interview with Gareth Evans, co-chair of the International Nuclear Non-Proliferation Disarmament Commission
Interviewed by Miles A. Pomper and Peter Crail

2008

Arms Control Today 2008 Presidential Q&A: President-elect Barack Obama

Arms Control Today (ACT) posed a series of detailed questions on arms control and nonproliferation issues to the major presidential nominees.

Interview with Sergey Kislyak, Russian Ambassador to the United States
Interviewed by Daryl Kimball and Miles Pomper
Interview With Nabil Fahmy, Egyptian Ambassador to the United States
Interviewed by Miles Pomper and Peter Crail
Interview with U.S. Ambassador Donald A. Mahley, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Threat Reduction, Export Control
Interviewed by Oliver Meier
Interview with Nuclear Threat Initiative Co-Chairman Sam Nunn
Interviewed by Daryl G. Kimball and Miles A. Pomper

2007

Text of Nov. 28 E-mail from Strategic Command responding to ACT's questions on the alert status of U.S. nuclear weapons
Interview with British Ambassador Lyn Parker, chair of open-ended working group preparing for the 2008 CWC Review Conference
Interviewed by Oliver Meier
Interview with Ambassador Peter Burian, Slovakian Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Chairman of the 1540 Committee

Interviewed by Miles Pomper and Peter Crail

Interview With OPCW Director-General Rogelio Pfirter
Interviewed by Oliver Meier

2006

Interview With Amb. Masood Khan of Pakistan President-Designate of the Sixth Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference
Interview with Richard Kidd
Head of the U.S. delegation to the 2006 UN small arms and light weapons review conference and director of the Department of State's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement
Interview with Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam, President of the 2006 UN Small Arms Review Conference
Interview With Ambasssador Gregory L. Schulte, U.S. Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency
Interviewed by Miles A. Pomper
Interview With Dr. Hans Blix
Interviewed by Wade Boese, Paul Kerr, and Daryl G. Kimball
Interview With Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph
Interviewed by Wade Boese and Miles A. Pomper
Interview with STRATCOM Commander General James E. Cartwright
Interviewed by Wade Boese and Miles A. Pomper
Interview with Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran’s Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency
Interviewed by Oliver Meier

2005

Interview With The Special Representative To Promote The Ratification Process Of The CTBT Jaap Ramaker
Interviewed by Oliver Meier and Miles A. Pomper
Interview with Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization
Interviewed by Oliver Meier
Interview With Missile Defense Agency Director Lt. Gen. Henry Obering
Interviewed by Wade Boese and Miles A. Pomper
Interview with Odair Gonçalves, President of Brazil's Nuclear Energy Commission
Interviewed by Miles A. Pomper and William Huntington